Johnny looked at the hovering robot but didn't make any motion to rise from the couch or stop the television show he was watching. Reed probably wanted him to spot weld something.
"Does it have to be right now?"
In response, HERBIE zipped in front of the television screen, bopping up and down. "Dr. Richards said it was a matter of high importance!"
Johnny attempted to look around the robot (big screen televisions had their perks) only to have HERBIE stay in his line of sight. "He's waiting in the laboratory for you!"
"Okay, okay." Johnny dragged himself up from the couch, found the remote and hit the pause button. So much for working through his television backlog.
He walked down to Reed's lab with HERBIE following in his wake. Johnny entered the room, making sure to make more than enough noise to let Reed know someone was approaching, then looked around at the lab. It looked like it was in one piece. "You called? What's up?"